Atlantic Canada News

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Jamie Borden watched Wednesday as his family’s new home was lowered onto their property in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley. The house was built as part of a community-led program to help those impacted by the Long Lake wildfire last year.

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Some Halifax-area residents are fighting a proposed stargazing park in their neighbourhood, saying the project would ruin their quiet way of life. But the development’s owner says its scale is being exaggerated.

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Lindsay Misiner is no stranger to tough times. And that's what makes winning at the East Coast Music Awards so exciting for the R&B singer and those who've watched her career unfold. The CBC's Gareth Hampshire reports.

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The Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design invited people from all walks of life to learn the craft. The CBC's Samuel Murrant has the story.

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Alma residents are finally enjoying a new water system after some long-lasting trouble with a water supply that has required numerous boil-water orders in the village by the Bay of Fundy.

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New Brunswick is far from an A+ when it comes to literacy rates, revealed in an auditor general report released Tuesday, but some district superintendents see a path toward a passing grade.

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P.E.I. fishers are keeping an eye out for lobsters with tiny tags through their shells. The crustaceans were tagged by the PEI Fishermen's Association last fall, in hopes of finding out more about how far lobsters move around the Island. It's lobster science for, and by the fishers themselves. Nancy Russell reports.

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A new auditor general’s report released Thursday found that Health P.E.I. paid tens of thousands of dollars more for interim senior managers hired through private employment agencies.

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The province is asking Islanders for input to help shape its first chronic pain strategy. The goal is to improve care and support for people living with long-term pain. CBC News: Compass host Louise Martin speaks with Martha St. Pierre, the chronic disease consultant with P.E.I.’s Department of Health and Wellness.

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Pavel Benjamin Peck, 29, and Vernon Gregory Peck, 32, appeared Thursday in provincial court in Sydney in relation to a stabbing that happened June 3 in Sydney.

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A new provincewide school lunch program is set to roll out in September with $4 and $5 meals offered in all schools.

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Premier Tim Houston says a recent change that gives companies looking to do offshore oil and gas exploration more time to submit a deposit is no reason for concern.

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RCMP are appealing for the public’s help following a man's death in Upper Big Tracadie, N.S., that has now been ruled a homicide.

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First responders have a section of Dutch Village Road closed off after a mechanical issue was identified with a crane. They're asking the public to stay away until it can be repaired.

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The Annapolis Valley's library board has announced it plans to close branches in Hantsport, Kentville, Lawrencetown, Port Williams and Middleton as of July 20—changes that will affect 23 staff members.

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Annapolis Valley farmer Jordan Eyamie, who is also the president of Horticulture Nova Scotia, shares when she thinks local berries will be ready to pick and how cooler weather may have impacted the crop this year.

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The death of a P.E.I. teenager late last month in a highway bus-stop accident is evoking trauma from decades past for an Island family.